晕车

暈車

yùnchē

verb HSK 6 #19,401

Meanings

Dizzy from a vehicle — carsick.

Wǒ hěn róngyì yùn chē.

I get carsick very easily.

Chī diǎn yùnchē yào zài chūfā.

Take some motion sickness medicine before we go.

Zuò hòu pái gèng róngyì yùn chē.

Sitting in the back seat makes you more likely to get carsick.

usage

The same pattern works for other vehicles: 晕船 (yùn chuán, seasick), 晕机 (yùn jī, airsick). Note the pronunciation is yùn (4th tone) here, not yūn.

晕 yūn

车 chē